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Game Studies Chap 16-20
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01/30/2010

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What company continued to make a profit selling hardware in the early 1980s?
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Commodore (Commodore 64 and VIC-20s)
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What game compay was founded by Trip Hawkins?
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EA
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Where did Steve Jobs see pop up menus on a machine?
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xerox
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What did EA revolutionize when they started making games?
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Packaging
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What did Trip Hawkins want to challenge about the distribution of games?
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Wanted to pay distributors a smaller commission.
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What sports figure was the first to have his likeness in a sports game?
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Jules Irving "Dr. J"
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Name of the game with the first sports star name connection?
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Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One-on-One
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What went on to become one of the most enduring sports series in computer game history?
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John Madden Football
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What did Morgan do first at Atari to trim costs?
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cut from 9k to 3k employees. Sent manufacturing overseas. Sold extra buildings 4 buildings down from 49
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What company designed the atari 7800
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General Computer
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who purchased atari when warner sold it?
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Jack Tramiel
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What part of atari did warner keep and what did they name it?
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Coin operated games renamed Atari Games
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Nolan Bushnell's company manufacturer of high tech toys?
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Axlon
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What bear did Axlon make that was greatly outsold by teddy ruxpin?
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A. G. Bear
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What company helped fund Nemo?
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Hasbro
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What was the first interactive movie made by Isix?
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Night Trap
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What was Nintendo's game system called in Japan?
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Famicom
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Conflict over what game spoiled the deal between Atari and Nintendo over Nintendo's new console?
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Donkey Kong rights sold to Coleco
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What venue did Nintendo choose to showcase it's new game console?
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CES Consumer Electronics Show
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What did Nintendo change the name of the Famicon to?
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AVS (Advanced Video System)
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What shooting game was the back to the future character addicted to?
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Hogan's Alley
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What was the toy robot sold with the nintendo system called?
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ROB (Robot Operating Buddy)
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What was the third name of the Famicon?
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NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
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What console did ACG publish games for?
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Sinclair Spectrum
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What game sold 300k copies on the sinclair spectrum?
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JetPac
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What city did Nintendo decide to do a test run of the NES in?
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New York
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What term did they use in place of video game for the NES?
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Entertainment System
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What did nintendo offer with the first sales of its game system?
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a money back gauaratee
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In what game did Jumpman's name change to Mario?
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Donkey Kong Jr.
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The camera following the character as it runs across screens is called
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Side Scroller game
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What toy company did 5 ex atari executives create?
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Worlds of Wonder
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What two toys made Worlds of Wonder a sucessful company?
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Teddy Ruxpin and Laser Tag
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What company created a system to compete with the NES?
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SEGA
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What game did nintendo made to break out of the mario style game?
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Punch out
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Who was the first US company to sign a licensing agreement with Nintendo?
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Acclaim
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What does SEGA mean?
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an abreviated form of Servie Games
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When the US passed laws restricting the use of slot machines in the US where di Mary Bromley take the confiscated machines?
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Japan set up game rooms for servicemen
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What business did Rosen find success with in Japan?
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Photomat booths with people to develop the photos
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What luxury product did Rosen import to Japan?
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Coin operated electro-mechanical games
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What indoor sport did Rosen bring to Japan?
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bowling
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What was SEGA's first game?
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Periscope
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What American Arcade company did SEGA aquire?
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Gremlin
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What were people protesting in regards to the Nintendo NES system?
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Japanese-American trade imbalance
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What other protests of the NES system were there?
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That children were spending too much time, third dungeon in Zelda was a swastika. The zapper light gun
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What were the four insufficiencies of older game systems that lead to their demise?
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- Limited graphics and depth of play
-Played best in arcades
-too few colors
-poor audio and limited sound effects
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What was the first game sold as a conversion only?
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Mr. Do!
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What 3 sigificant games did Nintendo release in 1987?
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The legend of zelda/ mike tyson's punch out/ metroid
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What was the first game to include an internal battery?
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The legend of zelda
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What were the first games Konami made for the NES?
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Gradius, Track and Field, Rush N attack, Castlevania and double dribble
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What were the first games Taito made for the NES?
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Elevator Aciton legend of kage, araknoid
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which of Nintendo's early licensees had the most staying power?
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Capcom
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What device did Sega make for their console in 1987? What one did Nintendo?
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3d glasses/ pot holder maker
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What was the first video game magazine called?
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Nintendo Power
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What was nintendo power's most popular feature?
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The NES achievers page
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What contest did Nintendo create to cast the company in a pro-education light?
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Invent te ultimate video game
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What game was putting a hamster in a microwave hidden in?
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Maniac Mansion
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What was super mario brothers 2 in Japan?
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Doki Doki Panic
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What features in the Japanese Mario brothers 2 did they think american audiences woudln't like?
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poison mushrooms, driving rain and wind that knocked you while jumping
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